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The Do-Gooder, the Vain, the Generous, and Moral Education
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Kristjansson, Kristjan – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2006
The virtue of generosity--at least generosity in the context of world poverty--is conspicuously absent from most curricula in the field of moral education. This article explores generosity and its educational ramifications. I start by characterizing two types of persons who may seem to be generous but who do not really possess generosity as a…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Altruism, Prosocial Behavior, Ethical Instruction